The Near Future of Driving: Eyes Forward, but No Hands at 10 and 2
- 6 years ago
The Near Future of Driving: Eyes Forward, but No Hands at 10 and 2
Ms. Sieradski said G. M.
had tried to engineer Super Cruise to keep drivers safe —
and limit opportunities to use the system improperly — by restricting how and where they could use it.
The system is able to determine when the car is on a service road along the highway, or even on entry
and exit ramps — locations where it requires you to steer yourself.
The system determines its exact location by relying on high-precision digital maps
and GPS technology, while sensors track the surrounding traffic — the way sensors do for driver aides like adaptive cruise control.
So on this brisk November day, my hands-free road trip with Super Cruise offered a glimpse into
that future — a world in which the grinding daily commute will transform into quiet time, and long drives can become productive hours on the road.
I am tapping this into my iPhone while sitting at the wheel of a 2018 Cadillac CT6 luxury sedan, rolling
along a shade under 75 miles per hour on Interstate 94 about 20 miles west of Ann Arbor, Mich.
After a few seconds, the light strip turns green again, and my hands are free to go back to the iPhone.
That leaves me free to sit back and type these words — and do much more that would otherwise be considered unsafe — as the mile markers zip by.
Ms. Sieradski said G. M.
had tried to engineer Super Cruise to keep drivers safe —
and limit opportunities to use the system improperly — by restricting how and where they could use it.
The system is able to determine when the car is on a service road along the highway, or even on entry
and exit ramps — locations where it requires you to steer yourself.
The system determines its exact location by relying on high-precision digital maps
and GPS technology, while sensors track the surrounding traffic — the way sensors do for driver aides like adaptive cruise control.
So on this brisk November day, my hands-free road trip with Super Cruise offered a glimpse into
that future — a world in which the grinding daily commute will transform into quiet time, and long drives can become productive hours on the road.
I am tapping this into my iPhone while sitting at the wheel of a 2018 Cadillac CT6 luxury sedan, rolling
along a shade under 75 miles per hour on Interstate 94 about 20 miles west of Ann Arbor, Mich.
After a few seconds, the light strip turns green again, and my hands are free to go back to the iPhone.
That leaves me free to sit back and type these words — and do much more that would otherwise be considered unsafe — as the mile markers zip by.